Samuel Bough
Royal Volunteer Review, 7 August 1860
About this artwork
The Review of the Scottish Volunteer Regiments by Queen Victoria was the defining social event of 1860 in Edinburgh. Among the Artists’ Company mustered in Holyrood Park was the landscape painter Sam Bough. This atmospheric picture was the most ambitious of all the commemorative souvenirs of the occasion. Crouching on the left is Bough’s pet bulldog Madam Sacchi, often included in his paintings as alternative form of signature.
Updated July 2022
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artist:
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title:Royal Volunteer Review, 7 August 1860
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date created:Dated 1860
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:118.10 x 179.00 cm; Framed: 153.80 x 217.70 x 16.00 cm
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credit line:Presented by Charles T Combe 1887
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accession number:NG 801
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Samuel Bough
Samuel Bough
Although born in England, Bough became one of the most influential figures in the development of nineteenth-century Scottish landscape painting. A largely self-taught artist, he spent the early part of his career in Manchester and Glasgow painting scenes for theatrical sets. Bough later dedicated...